lit. fragrant herbs and foul herbs do not go into the same vessel (idiom); bad people and good people do not mix
trad. 薰蕕不同器
Also written 薰蕕不同器【xūn yóu bù tóng qì】
Characters in this word
5薰
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sweet-smelling grass, Coumarouna odorata, tonka beans, coumarin
- Pinyin
- xūn
- Strokes
- 17
- Frequency
- 19377 of 2500
莸
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Caryopteris divaricata
- Pinyin
- yóu
- Traditional
- 蕕
- Strokes
- 10
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
同
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like, same, similar, together, alike, with
- Pinyin
- tóng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1548 of 2500
器
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device, tool, utensil, CL:臺|台[tai2]
- Pinyin
- qì
- Strokes
- 16
- Frequency
- 4355 of 2500